WELCOME RAIN
CANTF.RBU RY'S P RED IGA M ENT. CHRISTC-Ht’RCH, Monday. Intermittent light- rain has i'alle ■ illy generally throughout- Ganterbur firing the past lew clays, but report ndicatc that it was patchy. Ten: )«ralures have been fairly even, Vui o-day there lias been an appreeiabl bop, with an increase in the velocity < J the south-wester, and the outlook i lull and threatening. In marked 1 ecu last to the rainfall of 9.79 in. recordc n Christ church during August and Scq ember .last year, only 2.23 in., were r< o-rded for the same period this yea: md the fall to dale is well under th iverage. Though by no means as muc is was desired, the rain will relieve th .w-sition for a few weeks, both ft vheatgrowers and stockowners. Tl: xtension o? wlicatgrowiug this yea nea.nt the utilisation of a larger are f light land, and it is a certainty thr lie growers would have had unpayab’ i ields had rain been much longer d< ayed.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17157, 6 October 1926, Page 5
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167WELCOME RAIN Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17157, 6 October 1926, Page 5
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